Effective Reader, The, Updated Edition (with Study Card for Vocabulary)

The second in a three book series,The Effective Reader, Updated Editionoffers students step-by-step reading instruction, a wide range of practice and test materials, and a rich selection of readings from textbooks and other sources. The Updated Edition now offers more extensive coverage of key concepts such as main ideas, supporting details, thought patterns, bias, argument, and the reading process. In response to instructors overwhelming request to address reading process first, "A Reading System for Effective Readers" is now chapter one. Each chapter, helps students frame the reading skill it covers with practice toward developing a system for reading. Numerous practices, review and application sets, review tests, and mastery tests in each chapter provide teachers and students with extensive assessment materials. Each chapter concludes with a chapter summary, three or four Applications, six Review Tests, and eight Mastery Tests. All practice materials are formatted for easy grading. Ten additional readings in Part II (from both textbook and non-textbook sources) are accompanied by an extensive apparatus, with questions on all of the reading skills (main idea, patterns of organization, vocabulary, supporting details, inferences, critical reading, and so on) for each individual reading. Fifteen additional combined-skills tests are provided in Part III. Part IV includes materials on reading textbooks and reading graphics. A supplementary Lab Manual ends the book.

Preface. Introduction. I. BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE READER. 1. A Reading System for Effective Readers. Prior Knowledge The Reading Process Before Reading: Survey and Question *Get Ready to Read During Reading: Read and Recite After Reading: Review. *Stop and Think. Textbook Skills: Asking Questions and Reciting Answers Before, During, and After Reading. Chapter Review. Applications. Review Tests. Mastery Tests. 2. Vocabulary Skills. *Get Ready to Read About Vocabulary Skills. Words Are Building Blocks. Context Clues: A SAGE Approach. Synonyms. Antonyms. General Context. Examples. Textbook Skills: Using a Glossary. Word Parts. Roots. Prefixes. Suffixes. Textbook Skills: Visual Vocabulary . Chapter Review. Applications. Review Tests. *Stop and Think. Mastery Tests. 3. Stated Main Ideas. *Get Ready to Read About Stated Main Ideas. The Traits of a Main Idea Identifying the Topic of a Paragraph. Identifying a Topic Sentence. The Flow of Ideas and Placement of Topic Sentences. Topic Sentence at the Beginning of a Paragraph. Topic Sentence Within a Paragraph. Topic Sentence at the End of a Paragraph. Topic Sentence at the Beginning and the End of a Paragraph.